[vimto]

“Finland has deep-rooted hunting traditions and ranks - along with the United States - among the top five nations in the world in civilian gun ownership.

The country has 1.6 million firearms in private hands - with a population of 5.3 million.
Politicians, social workers and religious leaders have urged tighter gun laws, more vigilance of Internet sites, and more social bonding in the small Nordic nation, known for its high suicide rates, heavy drinking and domestic violence.”

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1239610/Finland-mall-shooting-Gunman-opens-Sello-shopping-centre-Espoo.html?ITO=1708&referrer=yahoo#ixzz0bGG407QJ
From UK Daily Mail.

Funny how newspapers will never speculate about the role of Islam in the immediate aftermath of an atrocity but are happy enough to wade into the gun lobby.

Whatever happened to personal responsibility?

From the UK (No guns allowed)

[vimto]

...also note the mention of the United States....liberals just cannot resist having a dig whenever the pseudo opportunity arises.

[Viiksitimali]

NRA Finland

Kansallinen Kivääriyhdistys (National Rifle Association) of Finland founded officially on July 7th, 2006 to watch and protect the rights of the gun owners, who have about 1,700,000 guns. 540,000 people, which is 10 per cent of the total population of Finland, have license to own guns. It means, that Finland is the third in percentage in the whole World, the U.S.A. is the first, Jemen the second. Only 20 per cent of all homicides in Finland are done with guns and about half of it the gun used has been illegally owned (not licensed). Finland became as a member of the E.U. on 1995, then among numerous of others, the gun directive started to concern Finland, too. The legislation in Finland transferred to correspond with the 1991 directive of the E.U. and people still have the opportunity to own guns.
http://www.nra.fi/english/06-column-president.html

[benewton]

I believe that should be no legal weapons allowed.

But that’s just me...